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Designed for serious woodworkers, weekend crafters, and chess enthusiasts, this collection of nine different chess designs includes traditional designs of kings, rooks, and pawns as well as butterfly-themed and tool-themed designs. Using the popular compound cutting technique, woodworkers can create dramatic three-dimensional pieces by wrapping the patterns provided around a block of wood and cutting both sides. Layout patterns, starting cuts, finishing techniques, and an overview of various kinds of wood are accompanied by full-colour photographs of each playing piece. Also included is a pattern for creating a beautiful inlay playing board.

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9781565231887

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Wooden Chess Sets You Can Make by Diana Thompson, presents nine chess set designs that can be made on the scroll saw. It's an easy-to-follow guide for the young, beginning around the shop. The book is an introduction to compound sawing, which the author describes as a technique of making two cuts on one pattern to create a three-dimensional piece. The patterns are presented so they can be cut out and adhered directly to 1-1/2 stock. The chess set designs include a woodworker's set with the pieces resembling a saw, drill bit, hammer, pliers, screwdriver and screws. There's also instruction for making a chessboard. The 66-page softcover sells for $14.95.

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Diana Thompson is a professional scroll saw artist specializing in compound cutting design. She is the author of several compound design books for the scroll saw, including Compound Christmas Ornaments for the Scroll Saw, Compound Scroll Saw Creations, Custom Wooden Boxes for the Scroll Saw, and Wooden Chess Sets You Can Make. She is a regular contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine.

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